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Posted on December 22, 2015

Pregnant with Transition

In our Gospel reading for December 20 (Luke 1:39-55), we hear of the meeting of two pregnant women, Mary and her relative Elizabeth. Pregnant women often compare notes, to find…

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Posted on December 14, 2015December 14, 2015

Learning to Walk in the Dark

Recently, I have been thinking about being in the dark, both the literal darkness of short days and the figurative darkness of uncertainty and worry. That’s because I just read…

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Posted on October 14, 2015October 15, 2015

Give it up for God

[This sermon was preached on Oct. 11, 2015, at All Saints Church in Pasadena, CA] To listen to the sermon on giving up the nonessential in our lives for God,…

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Posted on September 19, 2015September 19, 2015

Why I Opposed a Commemoration of Franciscan Friar Junipero Serra

As Pope Francis prepares to canonize the Franciscan Friar Junipero Serra, some are protesting and some are celebrating the “first Hispanic saint” of the U.S. As a graduate of Junipero…

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Posted on September 5, 2015September 6, 2015

Christians without Borders

Between the worldwide refugee crisis and the discussion of U.S. immigration in our presidential debates, we are faced with the question of how we respond to those who cross the borders…

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Posted on August 18, 2015August 19, 2015

Drinking Our Fill of the Spirit [Text and Video]

“What Jesus means is that to truly have life, we must drink deeply of the life of the Spirit. This means entering fully into the Passion of Life, the struggle for liberation and salvation. Otherwise, this becomes a highly stylized ritual with no real meaning—people drinking from golden goblets in palaces, secure in their privilege.”

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Posted on July 31, 2015July 31, 2015

Colmándonos de Dios

Cuando yo era niña, a veces mi familia íbamos a la casa de mi abuela en San Francisco. Cuando llegábamos, típicamente mi abuela era en la cocina, preparando una cena…

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Posted on May 20, 2015

To follow you must lead; to lead you must follow (sermon video)

[Preached at All Saints Church, Pasadena, CA, May 17, 2015) Readings: Acts 1:15-17, 21-26 John 17: 6-19 Click here to watch this sermon.

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Posted on May 20, 2015

The Empire of Truth (sermon video)

[Preached at All Saints Church, Pasadena, CA on Good Friday, 2015] Reading: John 18:28-19:8 Click here to watch this sermon, one of five preached by our clergy staff on Good…

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Posted on May 20, 2015

Amistad como la mejor forma de amor

Hoy es el Día de la Madre. Ayer, yo regresé a California después dos semanas a una escuela de idiomas en Costa Rica–justo a tiempo para este día. Hice este…

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Posted on May 15, 2015October 5, 2015

Christianity Lite? Puhleeeez.

Back in 2003, when I decided to leave the Catholic Church and to be received into the Episcopal Church, people told me that I had chosen “Catholic Lite,” as in “all…

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Posted on April 20, 2015May 20, 2015

The Earthiness of the Risen Christ (sermon video)

Preached at All Saints Church, Pasadena, CA on 4/19/2015 (Third Easter) Readings: 1 John 3:1-7 and Luke 24:36-48 Click here to watch a video of this sermon.

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Posted on March 13, 2015March 13, 2015

Talking to Jesus at Night: A Lenten Meditation

Talking to Jesus at Night Janine Schenone We rarely get glimpses of Jesus at night in the Bible. The two that come to mind are Jesus’ night in Gethsemane before…

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Posted on March 13, 2015

Lenten meditation on hope

I have been reflecting a great deal upon hope in this Lenten season. This started when I preached on the second Sunday of Lent about the phrase “hoping against hope”…

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